Sentences with phrase «by subjective terms»

We present the data in its «naked» form, unfettered by subjective terms like «unadoptable» or «untreatable.»

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Undue hardship is a subjective term determined on a case - by - case basis in bankruptcy court.

As love becomes merely a passion, as safety becomes merely a term for never being contradicted, as victimhood and oppression are turned into subjective categories rooted in emotional psychology, the very language by which we understand virtues, well - being, and concern becomes not a tool for care but a barrier preventing us from caring.

Moreover, every unificatory activity within the concrescence must, by the ontological principle, find its reason in terms of the concrescent subject, and this is impossible for early stages if these have no subjective aim.

Rather than, as usual, assign the hybrid prehension of God to the first phase, with the conceptual derivation in the second phase (which would deprive the initial phase of simple physical feeling of any guidance by the subjective aim), we should think of these two terms as referring to the same feeling.

I do not know why Whiteheadians should object (PS 6:219) to this monistic theme, since they are committed to think in terms of a God who supplies the initial subjective aim of each actual entity, and of the completion of the development of the actual entity by «the final reaction of the self - creative unity of the universe» (PR 75 — italics supplied).

In terms of the final theory, however, we should have expected it to end «by reason of the subjective aim, «12 or even to say:

The initial aim is recognized as the initiation of subjectivity, and concrescence is understood in terms of an enlargement of subjective aim: «The subject completes itself during the process of concrescence by a self - criticism of its own incomplete phases» (PR 244G).

Dewey calls this value «quality,» but by the term he means neither mathematical nor secondary qualities; he uses the term to refer, first, to the wholeness or deeper reality, in some aspect of the world, often as that wholeness is presented in a work of art. 24 If this were called the objective locus of quality, the subjective locus would be the emotional intuition of the objective quality; this subjective quality gives the experience itself the unity which makes it that particular experience.25 It is this empirical discernment of quality which provides the substance of the derivative and propositional resolution of the conflict between the individual and its environment.

God could then be conceived in terms of a universal creativity which becomes particularized into many present acts of creativity individualized by indefinite subjective aims.18

But such appearances by themselves prove nothing: they may be explained in purely subjective terms.

Whereupon Lucas concludes: «the inheritance of a common form in a living regnant society consists in the serial coordination of the successive subjective aims of the actual entities (i.e., the complete and peculiar «summation» of the series by each succeeding term) toward a final end or «satisfaction» of the society as a whole» (TVF 44).

A new occasion, then, may feel past occasions in the temporal world in terms of their aim for it, and it will be affected to some degree in the formation of its subjective aim by these feelings.

Therefore, a «need imposed by the environment» will be experienced by an occasion not merely as a «threat» to its own subjective fulfillment but also in terms of its capacity to disrupt the future which that occasion is able to affect by its aims.

Basically I think now that the argument (EWM 211 - 19) needs to be developed in terms of two stages, the first concerning the reorientation brought about by conceiving an initial phase of simple physical feelings in concrescence, and then a second stage introduced by the idea of «subjective aim.»

(By my reckoning the term «subjective aim» was not introduced until stratum G, whereas this chapter (II.10) basically belongs to stratum C. See EWM 221 - 24.)

And for those concerned about functional and substantive definitions of religion, Geertz basically settled the issue by suggesting that symbols themselves might vary greatly in substance but could be studied usefully in terms of their subjective functions, such as creating moods and supplying meaning and motivation.

Finding the perfect gift has always been a daunting task and truthfully «perfect» is a pretty subjective term since on many occasions I have been both the receiver and giver of what was definitely construed by someone as well - meaning.

I even found an academic abstract from a paper by Gina Masullo Chen that says the term «continues the culturally ingrained performance of motherhood women learned since childhood, and, in so doing, holds women captive in this subjective norm that may not fit them».

To quote from my own answer on History SE, the terms «left» and «right» have no objective meaning in today's global politics (unlike their historical usages covered by other answers)- they are 100 % subjective, AND extremely varied across polities even when attempted to be used objectively.

In an impassioned poem, Timothy DuWhite, emphasizing that everyone defines their own subjective truth, told his tale of being infected by an ex-lover, whom he still loves, and his struggle to come to terms with the reality of his serostatus while completing college.

Visual illusions show us that color, brightness and shape are not absolute terms but are subjective, relative experiences actively created by complicated brain circuits.

In a double - blind, placebo - controlled study, a team led by Andrea King, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Chicago, analyzed the subjective response of 104 young adult heavy social drinkers to alcohol and tracked their long - term drinking habits.

Let's assume the 7 groupings were objectively formed by the «scientists» - despite some subjective terms like «trained» or «untrained».

On the other hand, competitors have passed it by in terms of refinement, styling and subjective fun.

All this raises the question: if I'm reasonably assured of good long term returns with Graham's mechanical quant approach (based on extensive backtesting by multiple authors including Ben Graham, Tobias Carlisle, Joel Greenblatt, James Montier, etc.), then why would I jeopardize these reasonably assured good returns — and risk incurring unrecoverable opportunity costs over my limited lifespan — by following a concentrated approach that depends on subjective, accurate assessments of sustainable competitive advantage?

Undue hardship is a subjective term determined on a case - by - case basis in bankruptcy court.

For the new texts commissioned by the Whitechapel Gallery, Al - Maria has chosen to adopt what she terms the «mini-mega narrative», using the hyper - subjective as a gateway to narrate the major - global.

The performative nature of the paintings and the artist's self - awareness on camera recalls Hans Namuth's infamous photographs of Jackson Pollock's dramatic painting process — images that have defined our understanding of his active bodily presence.18 However, in Saint Phalle's hands, there is an explicit refusal of the terms of abstraction that Pollock and others of his generation perfected — i.e., the expression of exquisite anguish that could be exorcized by subjective brushwork from the singular, heroic male artist.

if their predictions are all over the map and you can only state the risk in subjective terms that are heavily influenced by politics and exaggerations to sell newspapers then how is that an improvement?

And the report discusses the subjective value of nature in terms of the «amenity» seemingly provided by green space.

Employees should be made aware at the outset what the probation term refers to in order to avoid any subjective assumptions by prospective employees that the probation period is merely a formality, without any real significance.

A legislative background document published by the Canadian government and provided to the court by counsel for Canada notes that the declaration describes a broad right, that the terms used to describe it, such as «grievous and irremediable medical condition», are not defined but could include conditions that are not life - threatening or terminal, and that the declaration is framed largely in terms of subjective criteria [1].

As the decision states, ``... the Federal Court appears to have been distracted by Allergan's subjective view of the importance of certain terms that had to be negotiated out, rather than keeping to an objective assessment of the matter from the standpoint of a reasonable businessperson.»

If your appraiser is considering factoring this in, AO - 16 cautions terms such as «high - crime area» aren't subjective, and while their meaning may be understood by the appraiser, they have the potential to mislead others.

The term «reasonable» is subjective in that it would be reasonable to one person to pay one month's rent whereas another might say it will take three to six months to find a good tenant, but the landlord has to prove his claim by providing invoices and proof of advertising.